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ONLINE EXCLUSIVE Joss Whedon’s new show on Fox, “Dollhouse,” premieres in November.
Student Newspaper of the University of Southern California Since 1912 | VOL. 163, NO. 67 | www.dailytrojan.com THURsDAY , MAY 1, 2008
Animated fame
From Daily Trojan cartoonist to USC dropout
to one of animation’s biggest names, Dan
Povenmire has found his way to success. 11
Close but no Cigar
Men’s golf ties Arizona State after 72
holes at Pac-10 Championships
only to fall in a one-hole playoff. 32
Kibera Slum
Children play in the street in
Kibera, a slum in Nairobi, Kenya
where nearly one million people
live in a 2-square-mile area. Students
and alumni who are a part of the
Africa Dream Project hope to raise
Photo courtesy of Jonathan Gilde
money to create an International
Baccalaureate high school there.
Commons workers
fear relocation
By INARA MANN
Daily Trojan
Commons will close its doors Sat-urday
for a two-year renovation pro-cess,
which will relocate about 100
dining hall workers, many of whom
are concerned about their future at
USC after managers have sent mixed
messages.
Angel Guillen, a cook at Com-mons,
said managers have told work-ers
something different in every
meeting they’ve had discussing the
coming construction, not making it
clear to the staff what will happen
when Commons closes.
“That’s what I’m sketchy about,”
Guillen said.
Maria Villalobos, a worker at
The Grill, said she was also unsure
of where she would be placed once
Commons construction begins.
“We think we might clean dorms
in the meantime,” Villalobos said.
Scott Shuttleworth, the director of
TrojanHospitality, said he doesn’t an-ticipate
any real variance between ex-isting
staff and future staff, but that
TrojanHospitality would be busy
over the summer with the redeploy-ment
of workers.
Workers will be relocated depend-ing
on specific logistical changes be-ing
determined, Shuttleworth said.
Some workers will also be helping
with the demolition of Commons.
Commons will shut down Satur-day,
May 3 so the facility can prepare
for demolition May 19.
The new facility, the Ronald Tutor
Campus Center, will replace the cur-rent
Commons.
Meanwhile, students can either
eat at other dining locations around
campus or wait until August when
The Lot will open.
The Lot will be a temporary din-ing
facility built on parking structure
K2 to accommodate students and
workers during the next two years of
Commons renovation.
Some dining facilities, such as Café
84, will be open throughout the sum-mer,
including weekends, to compen-sate
for Commons’ shutdown.
Shuttleworth also said The Lot
Officials say they don’t
expect differences between
existing and future staffs.
| see commons, page 5 |
BY TAREN FUJIMOTO
Daily Trojan
While most students living in Tro-janHousing
will move out by their
contract deadline on May 14 at 5 p.m.,
residents who wish to stay in build-ings
such as New and North Residen-tial
Colleges, Century Apartments
and Marks Hall will not be able to
stay extra nights because of construc-tion,
TrojanHousing officials said.
Significant renovation projects to
these buildings will start immedi-ately
after commencement in order
to finish on time for new residents in
the fall, said Ian Sephton, director of
TrojanServices, making it impossible
for students to stay late in their resi-dence
halls.
Sephton said that while spaces in
Marks Hall, Century and New/North
will not be available for late vacates,
TrojanHousing is working to ensure
that all residents of these buildings
are aware of the move-out schedule
and plan accordingly.
The university approves some
housing extensions but charges stu-dents
$50 per night or $25 to stu-dents
who will continue to live in
university-owned housing through
the summer.
Individuals with special circum-stances
will be handled on a case-by-case
basis, Sephton said.
TrojanHousing deadlines
force students out of
New/North after finals.
Construction plans deny housing extensions
| see housing, page 20 |
By MARY SOL VALLE
Daily Trojan
The USC College of Letters, Arts
& Sciences recently appointed a new
director of college diversity, a new
position created this year.
George Sanchez is a current pro-fessor
of American studies and eth-nicity.
“[Sanchez] will work with our
many departments so that we can
address what the commitment to
diversity means in various disciplin-ary
settings,” said Howard Gillman,
dean of the College, in a memoran-dum
sent to its faculty.
Michael Quick, the executive vice
dean for the College, said more can
be done to add to the diversity of
faculty and students.
“I don’t think it is enough to sim-ply
increase numbers of faculty and
students from under-represented
groups, he said. “Real diversity is
more than that.”
To increase diversity, it would
The new position will
help the College expand
opportunities for students.
College
appoints
director of
diversity
| see diversity, page 4 |
Former Greek changes tone of group after Panhellenic meeting
By INARA MANN
Daily Trojan
A Facebook group which criticized
sorority recruitment methods for be-ing
“over the top,” changed its con-tent
and tone a day after a meeting
was held between Panhellenic Coun-cil
representatives and the group’s
creator.
“We understand that everybody is
entitled to their opinion,” said Ash-ley
Mahaffey, the president of USC
Panhellenic Council and a junior
majoring in business administration.
“[Our] only concern was that [the Fa-cebook
group] would defer potential
new members from going through
the recruitment process.”
Julia Lindenthal, a senior majoring
in communication who created the
group called “Update USC Sorority
Recruitment” last week with a friend,
wrote on the original Facebook group
that USC sororities “still utilize
very old, over-the-top methods of re-cruiting
new members by chanting,
screaming, dancing and door chant-ing.”
The group quickly garnered more
than 100 members, including incom-ing
freshmen looking to join a soror-ity.
“I think the response happened
pretty rapidly because people have
thought about this for a long time,”
Lindenthal said.
The Facebook group, however, was
revamped Tuesday, one day after Lin-denthal’s
meeting with Panhellenic
Council representatives.
Lindenthal said she and her friend
created the Facebook group “very
quickly and we may have worded
things in an interesting way.”
Lindenthal met with Mahaffey,
Lauren Partovi, PHC vice president
of recruitment, and Beth Saul, PHC
advisor and the director of Fraternity
and Sorority Leadership Develop-ment
and Parent Programs.
Mahaffey said they were noti-fied
about the Facebook group and,
as representatives of the 10 sorority
A meeting was held between the creator of a Facebook
group and representatives from the Panhellenic Council.
| see recruitment, page 21 |
Hide Kurokawa | Daily Trojan
Extended Stay | New and North Residential Colleges will be closed
immediately after finals to prepare for summer construction.
See coverage page 4

ONLINE EXCLUSIVE Joss Whedon’s new show on Fox, “Dollhouse,” premieres in November.
Student Newspaper of the University of Southern California Since 1912 | VOL. 163, NO. 67 | www.dailytrojan.com THURsDAY , MAY 1, 2008
Animated fame
From Daily Trojan cartoonist to USC dropout
to one of animation’s biggest names, Dan
Povenmire has found his way to success. 11
Close but no Cigar
Men’s golf ties Arizona State after 72
holes at Pac-10 Championships
only to fall in a one-hole playoff. 32
Kibera Slum
Children play in the street in
Kibera, a slum in Nairobi, Kenya
where nearly one million people
live in a 2-square-mile area. Students
and alumni who are a part of the
Africa Dream Project hope to raise
Photo courtesy of Jonathan Gilde
money to create an International
Baccalaureate high school there.
Commons workers
fear relocation
By INARA MANN
Daily Trojan
Commons will close its doors Sat-urday
for a two-year renovation pro-cess,
which will relocate about 100
dining hall workers, many of whom
are concerned about their future at
USC after managers have sent mixed
messages.
Angel Guillen, a cook at Com-mons,
said managers have told work-ers
something different in every
meeting they’ve had discussing the
coming construction, not making it
clear to the staff what will happen
when Commons closes.
“That’s what I’m sketchy about,”
Guillen said.
Maria Villalobos, a worker at
The Grill, said she was also unsure
of where she would be placed once
Commons construction begins.
“We think we might clean dorms
in the meantime,” Villalobos said.
Scott Shuttleworth, the director of
TrojanHospitality, said he doesn’t an-ticipate
any real variance between ex-isting
staff and future staff, but that
TrojanHospitality would be busy
over the summer with the redeploy-ment
of workers.
Workers will be relocated depend-ing
on specific logistical changes be-ing
determined, Shuttleworth said.
Some workers will also be helping
with the demolition of Commons.
Commons will shut down Satur-day,
May 3 so the facility can prepare
for demolition May 19.
The new facility, the Ronald Tutor
Campus Center, will replace the cur-rent
Commons.
Meanwhile, students can either
eat at other dining locations around
campus or wait until August when
The Lot will open.
The Lot will be a temporary din-ing
facility built on parking structure
K2 to accommodate students and
workers during the next two years of
Commons renovation.
Some dining facilities, such as Café
84, will be open throughout the sum-mer,
including weekends, to compen-sate
for Commons’ shutdown.
Shuttleworth also said The Lot
Officials say they don’t
expect differences between
existing and future staffs.
| see commons, page 5 |
BY TAREN FUJIMOTO
Daily Trojan
While most students living in Tro-janHousing
will move out by their
contract deadline on May 14 at 5 p.m.,
residents who wish to stay in build-ings
such as New and North Residen-tial
Colleges, Century Apartments
and Marks Hall will not be able to
stay extra nights because of construc-tion,
TrojanHousing officials said.
Significant renovation projects to
these buildings will start immedi-ately
after commencement in order
to finish on time for new residents in
the fall, said Ian Sephton, director of
TrojanServices, making it impossible
for students to stay late in their resi-dence
halls.
Sephton said that while spaces in
Marks Hall, Century and New/North
will not be available for late vacates,
TrojanHousing is working to ensure
that all residents of these buildings
are aware of the move-out schedule
and plan accordingly.
The university approves some
housing extensions but charges stu-dents
$50 per night or $25 to stu-dents
who will continue to live in
university-owned housing through
the summer.
Individuals with special circum-stances
will be handled on a case-by-case
basis, Sephton said.
TrojanHousing deadlines
force students out of
New/North after finals.
Construction plans deny housing extensions
| see housing, page 20 |
By MARY SOL VALLE
Daily Trojan
The USC College of Letters, Arts
& Sciences recently appointed a new
director of college diversity, a new
position created this year.
George Sanchez is a current pro-fessor
of American studies and eth-nicity.
“[Sanchez] will work with our
many departments so that we can
address what the commitment to
diversity means in various disciplin-ary
settings,” said Howard Gillman,
dean of the College, in a memoran-dum
sent to its faculty.
Michael Quick, the executive vice
dean for the College, said more can
be done to add to the diversity of
faculty and students.
“I don’t think it is enough to sim-ply
increase numbers of faculty and
students from under-represented
groups, he said. “Real diversity is
more than that.”
To increase diversity, it would
The new position will
help the College expand
opportunities for students.
College
appoints
director of
diversity
| see diversity, page 4 |
Former Greek changes tone of group after Panhellenic meeting
By INARA MANN
Daily Trojan
A Facebook group which criticized
sorority recruitment methods for be-ing
“over the top,” changed its con-tent
and tone a day after a meeting
was held between Panhellenic Coun-cil
representatives and the group’s
creator.
“We understand that everybody is
entitled to their opinion,” said Ash-ley
Mahaffey, the president of USC
Panhellenic Council and a junior
majoring in business administration.
“[Our] only concern was that [the Fa-cebook
group] would defer potential
new members from going through
the recruitment process.”
Julia Lindenthal, a senior majoring
in communication who created the
group called “Update USC Sorority
Recruitment” last week with a friend,
wrote on the original Facebook group
that USC sororities “still utilize
very old, over-the-top methods of re-cruiting
new members by chanting,
screaming, dancing and door chant-ing.”
The group quickly garnered more
than 100 members, including incom-ing
freshmen looking to join a soror-ity.
“I think the response happened
pretty rapidly because people have
thought about this for a long time,”
Lindenthal said.
The Facebook group, however, was
revamped Tuesday, one day after Lin-denthal’s
meeting with Panhellenic
Council representatives.
Lindenthal said she and her friend
created the Facebook group “very
quickly and we may have worded
things in an interesting way.”
Lindenthal met with Mahaffey,
Lauren Partovi, PHC vice president
of recruitment, and Beth Saul, PHC
advisor and the director of Fraternity
and Sorority Leadership Develop-ment
and Parent Programs.
Mahaffey said they were noti-fied
about the Facebook group and,
as representatives of the 10 sorority
A meeting was held between the creator of a Facebook
group and representatives from the Panhellenic Council.
| see recruitment, page 21 |
Hide Kurokawa | Daily Trojan
Extended Stay | New and North Residential Colleges will be closed
immediately after finals to prepare for summer construction.
See coverage page 4